cdebootstrap-static fails to bootstrap Xenial

[gsbabil]

If bootstrapping of Xenial on an i386 Xenial host machine is started
with the following `cdebootstrap-static` command ...

    mkdir -p ~/Desktop/xenial \
    && sudo cdebootstrap-static \
            --configdir /usr/share/cdebootstrap-static \
            --allow-unauthenticated \
            --arch i386 \
            --helperdir /usr/share/cdebootstrap-static \
            --debug --verbose \
            xenial \
            ~/Desktop/xenial \
            http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu

... the bootstrapping process would fail with the following error:

    D: Status: 0
    D: call action: install (what: (null), flags: 0)
    D: Execute "apt-get …" in chroot
    Reading package lists...

    Building dependency tree...

    Package debconf-2.0 is a virtual package provided by:
    debconf 1.5.58ubuntu1
    cdebconf 0.198ubuntu1

    Package editor is a virtual package provided by:
    vim-tiny 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1
    vim-gnome 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1
    vim 2:7.4.1689-3ubuntu1
    nano 2.5.3-2
    emacs24-nox 24.5+1-6ubuntu1
    emacs24 24.5+1-6ubuntu1

    E
    :
    Package 'debconf-2.0' has no installation candidate

    E
    :
    Package 'editor' has no installation candidate

    D: Status: 25600
    E: Internal error: install

It seems that the problem is with the following non-explicitly
referenced virtual packages:

    - editor
    - debconf-2.0

Also, the bug-reporting system seems to think that 'cdebootstrap-static'
package doesn't exist in Ubuntu repository. It complains with the following:

    "cdebootstrap-static" does not exist in Ubuntu. Please choose
    a different package. If you're unsure, please select "I don't know"

[gsbabil (gsbabil)]

Minor revise

[Supersonic (supersonic112-a)]

The same problem occurs with the regular (non-static) cdebootstrap on an amd64 Yakkety when trying to debootstrap an amd64 Xenial, so it might be a general cdebootstrap issue.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Ken Sharp (kennybobs)]

Can you please try again to see if this has been fixed?

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

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